A Review of the Core Concept of the Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition

Abstract

The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition edited by Dr. Robbins and Aydede (2009) is a valuable and professional guide to the new movement in cognitive science. Each chapter of the book deals with either a specific area of empirical research or a specific sector of the conceptual foundations underlying this research. All the chapter authors are leading figures in the emerging interdisciplinary field of situated cognition, including representatives from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and anthropology. This paper is not a book review. It is only a review of the core concepts of the book including views on the embodied mind, the embedded mind, the extended mind, the dynamic interaction, and the ecological rationality.